Archive for the 'Game Stories' Category
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Run Defense Nowhere to Be Found in 23-20 Loss to Redskins
Someone must have told the Jets run defense to stay home Sunday, as they forgot that the Washington Redskins like to run Clinton Portis. Not only did the Jets get a heavy dose of Portis on Sunday at the Meadowlands, they got him rammed down their throats, as they blew a 17-3 third quarter lead [...]
Posted by Matt Loede on Nov 04 2007Rough Season Continues for Jets in 13-3 Loss to Bills
The season of nightmares for the Jets continued on Sunday, as the Buffalo Bills wrapped a sweep of the Jets with an impressive defensive effort in a 13-3 win in New Jersey. The Bills were led by wide out Lee Evans, who scored on an 85-yard TD with 3:38 left to make a 6-3 Bills [...]
Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 28 2007Defense Falls Apart in 38-31 Loss to Bengals
This one can’t be blamed on Chad Pennington. The Jets had the Bengals on the ropes Sunday, nursing a 23-10 lead in the third quarter, but that was when the defense folded, allowing little regarded Bengals back Kenny Watson to go off for three scores and 130 yards as the Bengals came out on top [...]
Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 21 2007Pennington Poor Again as Jets Fall 16-9 to Philly
The soul searching continues for the New York Jets, who Sunday at home fell to 1-5 after a 16-9 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Philly took advantage of another poor outing by Jets QB Chad Pennington, and the Jets defense was caught napping early as Donovan McNabb and Kevin Curtis hooked up for a 75-yard [...]
Jets Fall in Buffalo 17-14 to Rival Bills
Rookie Trent Edwards was 22-for-28 for 234 yards and a touchdown as the Buffalo Bills defeated the Jets 17-14 at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Edwards was picked off once as he got the start for the injured J.P. Losman. Marshawn Lynch ran the ball 23 times for 79 yards and another score as the Bills won [...]
Posted by Matt Loede on Oct 01 2007Jets Hold Off Miami 31-28 at the Meadowlands
Chad Pennington returned from a one-week absence and threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as the Jets beat the Miami Dolphins, 31-28 at the Meadowlands. Pennington was 15-of-22 for 124 yards in leading New York to its first win of the season. Thomas Jones had 110 yards on 25 carries, and Leon Washington [...]
Posted by Matt Loede on Sep 24 2007Jets Fall to 0-2 After 20-13 Loss to Ravens
Kyle Boller connected on 23-of-35 passes for 185 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Ravens top the Jets 20-13 in Baltimore. Todd Heap and Willis McGahee both hauled in TD catches, while McGahee also collected 97 yards rushing on 26 carries. The victory allowed the Ravens to improve to 1-and-1 on the season after dropping their [...]
Posted by Matt Loede on Sep 17 2007Pennington Struggles, Jets Beat up by Vikings 37-20
The Jets are hoping that QB Chad Pennington just had his worst game of the season, as Friday night vs the Minnesota Vikings was one of the worst games in memory for the veteran Jets signal caller. “About the only good thing that came out of tonight is that it didn’t count,” Pennington said. [...]
Posted by Matt Loede on Aug 18 2007

